Balkan, Kentucky
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
36°45′33″N 83°32′40″W / 36.75917°N 83.54444°W / 36.75917; -83.5444440913
Balkan is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]
History
A post office was established at Balkan in 1912, and remained in operation until 1982.[2] It was named after the Balkans, in Southeast Europe, the native land of many of the early settlers in this mining community.[3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Balkan, Kentucky
- ^ "Bell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (August 28, 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 54. ISBN 0-8131-4401-9.
External links
- Guide to the James Walters photograph collection on Balkan, 1910-1912 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center
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Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Pineville
unincorporated
communities
- Balkan
- Black Snake
- Blackmont
- Calvin
- Clear Creek Springs
- Colmar
- Cubage
- Field
- Fonde
- Fourmile
- Frakes
- Harbell
- Hutch
- Ingram
- Jaybel
- Keenox
- Kettle Island
- Meldrum
- Miracle
- Noetown
- Oaks
- Olcott
- Ponza
- Premier
- Pruden‡
- Red Oak
- Rella
- Stoney Fork
- Stony Fork Junction
- Tejay
- Timsley
- Tuggleville
- Varilla
- Wallsend
- Wasioto
(and the creeks
they are on)
- Red Bird River (includes Red Bird/Nuckles/Beverly)
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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